Thursday, July 23, 2009
Birthday? Already?
It's my birthday on Friday. I already received a gift! THIS!!! I have an awesome husband!
Monday, July 20, 2009
Small and Large Blessings
The Bell technician who invaded my home at 8:00am Sunday and worked on my wires inside and outside and put a little box thing onto one jack didn't charge me anything. Nothing at all... even though he did interior work that is usually $60 / hour. I wondered why. I found out why when I called today to inquire. A few months ago, against my mother's advice, I accepted being charged an extra $2 / month on my bill for "services". I kept thinking I should cancel. I won't now. Those "services" include any technician call where work is done inside or outside on my lines or Bell equipment for any reason. First deep breath of relief today.
Next...
I took my car to Canadian Tire to assess the damage. The scrapy noise they say is just rust and can be ignored for now, but if it gets loud to check it. They took my car in and did stuff to it without confirming anything. I was in a panic. They removed the tire, dumped my space back in my trunk, replaced the tire with a new one (ACK! another $100 tire) and test drove it to confirm it was fine. I knew there was not enough in my account to cover this. They called me in and handed me my keys and the bill. Apparently whatever extra warranty I paid for when I bought my original set of tires with them meant I get replacements AND services for free. The bill was $0 and I kinda stared a few moments stunned. So I am home and have a fully functional car again. Second deep breath of relief.
Now...
I have a ton of RA stuff to do and KG to pack for and a tent to secure from someone.
Next...
I took my car to Canadian Tire to assess the damage. The scrapy noise they say is just rust and can be ignored for now, but if it gets loud to check it. They took my car in and did stuff to it without confirming anything. I was in a panic. They removed the tire, dumped my space back in my trunk, replaced the tire with a new one (ACK! another $100 tire) and test drove it to confirm it was fine. I knew there was not enough in my account to cover this. They called me in and handed me my keys and the bill. Apparently whatever extra warranty I paid for when I bought my original set of tires with them meant I get replacements AND services for free. The bill was $0 and I kinda stared a few moments stunned. So I am home and have a fully functional car again. Second deep breath of relief.
Now...
I have a ton of RA stuff to do and KG to pack for and a tent to secure from someone.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
* just breathe* said the Goddess
I want to thank all my coveners and friends for having more patience with me than I have with myself when I get to the end of my ropes.
And it just gets better...
So, I was home and got to bed after a frustrating night. That was about 2:30 AM. The cats woke me 3 hours later for food and I yelled at them. They woke me again an hour later and I fed them. I managed to get back to sleep at 7:30AM. Then the Bell guy woke me up at 8:30 AM.
There was dressing and humanizing and house cleaning in frantic for 30 minutes. He tested our inside and outside lines. They seem to be fine today. ARGH! He put a special new filter on the jack we use for the modem that filters out all telephone stuff. So, if our phone is static, we should still have a good internet line. If we have trouble again, he told us to call again. *crossed fingers* Let's hope that is not the case.
The special that added to all the frustrating was finding out that I will not have camping gear for KG. That on top of likely not having a car either ... just better and better...
Every trip, outing, vacation, special time away, conference stuff... EVERYTHING i have planned or had planned for me has been canceled due to various things. Stressed? YES! I AM!! Losing my shit? YA! Every human being needs a fucking break once in a while. I give up!
Don't bring anything up to me again about going away to anywhere.
It's not happening. I can't do it. I give up.
There was dressing and humanizing and house cleaning in frantic for 30 minutes. He tested our inside and outside lines. They seem to be fine today. ARGH! He put a special new filter on the jack we use for the modem that filters out all telephone stuff. So, if our phone is static, we should still have a good internet line. If we have trouble again, he told us to call again. *crossed fingers* Let's hope that is not the case.
The special that added to all the frustrating was finding out that I will not have camping gear for KG. That on top of likely not having a car either ... just better and better...
Every trip, outing, vacation, special time away, conference stuff... EVERYTHING i have planned or had planned for me has been canceled due to various things. Stressed? YES! I AM!! Losing my shit? YA! Every human being needs a fucking break once in a while. I give up!
Don't bring anything up to me again about going away to anywhere.
It's not happening. I can't do it. I give up.
Dunno What to Say...
The day with Roo was wonderful! We had brunch together that we had not done in several months. We went to Nature Pet Centre and played with (and obtained) doves and dove stuff. Roo has a new dove. We snacked on fruit and relaxed and roleplayed together for the whole day! She made me the most awesome lasagna! MMmmmMMmmm....
When I left, I discovered my front right tire had a flat. AGAIN!? After over an hour after midnight, I still could not get the tire off to put on the spare. I walked around the block to where there were police officers and asked one to help. On the plus side, one helped like a hero.
On the bad side. I am short a tire for my car now. KG is not looking good. I came home and cried.
When I left, I discovered my front right tire had a flat. AGAIN!? After over an hour after midnight, I still could not get the tire off to put on the spare. I walked around the block to where there were police officers and asked one to help. On the plus side, one helped like a hero.
On the bad side. I am short a tire for my car now. KG is not looking good. I came home and cried.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Le Sigh... Nostalgic Sigh... Exhausted and Disappointed Sigh
The weeks have been tiring. My "vacation" I took a little while ago ended with me inured and not relaxing or doing things I had intended. So, the house is still a sty as far as I am concerned and nothing is purged or sorted. I want to scream and run away... all the time.
Work... is work.
The RA stuff just kicked into more work and higher gear and OMG where am I going to fit it in.
I feel behind in everything with not enough energy to even try to catch up. I miss simpler things. But when did I ever have said simpler things? Never... in my bloody dreams.
KG is coming up and I am stressing about that too as I have to pay a bunch of stuff, worry about my rickety car, wonder if I will have food and gas and even a tent on the way there. I figure I am going to freeze. My camping buddy might not be able to come making me have four extremely LONELY days prior to the event.
To top it all off... I am turning 37 next week. I used to dream that I would be the first among my siblings to get married and have kids. I'm not. Married happened later, though I am the only one who got married and the only one of my family who came was my cousin and my sister. I do not have kids and wonder if I ever will, while both my siblings have children. I want to hate the world and everyone in it!
Now that I have vented a bit... I will try to set it aside and go out to visit Roo. She is having a day for me for my birthday. I want it to be fun and not me full of sleepless grumpiness.
Work... is work.
The RA stuff just kicked into more work and higher gear and OMG where am I going to fit it in.
I feel behind in everything with not enough energy to even try to catch up. I miss simpler things. But when did I ever have said simpler things? Never... in my bloody dreams.
KG is coming up and I am stressing about that too as I have to pay a bunch of stuff, worry about my rickety car, wonder if I will have food and gas and even a tent on the way there. I figure I am going to freeze. My camping buddy might not be able to come making me have four extremely LONELY days prior to the event.
To top it all off... I am turning 37 next week. I used to dream that I would be the first among my siblings to get married and have kids. I'm not. Married happened later, though I am the only one who got married and the only one of my family who came was my cousin and my sister. I do not have kids and wonder if I ever will, while both my siblings have children. I want to hate the world and everyone in it!
Now that I have vented a bit... I will try to set it aside and go out to visit Roo. She is having a day for me for my birthday. I want it to be fun and not me full of sleepless grumpiness.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Other Important Notes
Last Friday was my wedding anniversary. I bought cotton linen clothing as a prezzy for me and a throw for the bed for us. We had order in food, which is a rare treat these days. Other than that... nothing special.
Also. today is my grandfather's birthday. I'll try to go visit his grave on Friday.
Also. today is my grandfather's birthday. I'll try to go visit his grave on Friday.
plodding along
Friday and Saturday were a busy busy cleaning day. I also did shopping. I bought a pretty poofy shirt, light turquoise summer pants and OMG high heals! They are actually remarkable comfortable and I can walk in them!
Sunday was an awesome time with a drumming workshop. Then Karyn came by and worked her miracle magic with helping me sort my tax stuff. Yeah... I am late as usual.
Today... um... yesterday was full of cleaning and writing and research. Cleaned animal cages, played with pets, meditated. Cleaned the house a bit. I printed more CMS forms. I had to redo some of the RA stuff as apparently things I wrote during the bad storms never got saved and posted online. ARGH! On the up, I planned KG stuff with Mel. YAY! Now I need a camping tent... and a bathing suite.
I have a new favorite anime I need to at to my wish list of desperately need to own. Samurai 7. I want the old old live action film and I want the anime series. It was heart breaking and wonderful. It makes me want to write fanfic in its genre and with some of its characters.
Well it's late/early. I have work. This summer is flying by too fast. My birthday is coming up in just a couple weeks.
Speaking of birthdays, HAPPY BIRTHDAY ARIN! I am so sorry I missed your picnic. I got stuck in construction traffic after the drumming that took me 1.5 hours to get from Melange to NDG.
Have a great week folks! If anything exciting happens, I'll post.
Sunday was an awesome time with a drumming workshop. Then Karyn came by and worked her miracle magic with helping me sort my tax stuff. Yeah... I am late as usual.
Today... um... yesterday was full of cleaning and writing and research. Cleaned animal cages, played with pets, meditated. Cleaned the house a bit. I printed more CMS forms. I had to redo some of the RA stuff as apparently things I wrote during the bad storms never got saved and posted online. ARGH! On the up, I planned KG stuff with Mel. YAY! Now I need a camping tent... and a bathing suite.
I have a new favorite anime I need to at to my wish list of desperately need to own. Samurai 7. I want the old old live action film and I want the anime series. It was heart breaking and wonderful. It makes me want to write fanfic in its genre and with some of its characters.
Well it's late/early. I have work. This summer is flying by too fast. My birthday is coming up in just a couple weeks.
Speaking of birthdays, HAPPY BIRTHDAY ARIN! I am so sorry I missed your picnic. I got stuck in construction traffic after the drumming that took me 1.5 hours to get from Melange to NDG.
Have a great week folks! If anything exciting happens, I'll post.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
One of those...
One of those... long... long... unending nights.
Haven't slept. Don't know why. Tried lots of things. Watched anime online. Read some fanfic. Wrote stuff. Nothing that needed to really hold my focus. All just fluff to pass the unending time.
Now it is nearly dawn and I am feeling tired.
I will rest a bit and maybe find some sleep.
Haven't slept. Don't know why. Tried lots of things. Watched anime online. Read some fanfic. Wrote stuff. Nothing that needed to really hold my focus. All just fluff to pass the unending time.
Now it is nearly dawn and I am feeling tired.
I will rest a bit and maybe find some sleep.
Thursday, July 09, 2009
Epic Fail
I drove into work today and parked in a free spot a little further from work. Afetr work... I bussed home and forgot I had the car. Guess I get up in the morning and get it before it get's a ticket.
*sigh*
*sigh*
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
so... annoying...
We have no "safe" drinking water... till the city tells us otherwise. They ask us to please boil the water 5 min before drinking until otherwise informed. Well... what if I don't? What if I haven't all day and evening thus far? What about my pets? When was this exactly effective as of? Now I have a new bloody expense to try to fit into the non-existent budget... water. How the hell am I supposed to get water when I bus in and out of work and work till 9pm? I'll try to do it in the morning, I guess.
*growl*
Here is the news report:
http://www.montrealgazette.com/LaSalle+issues+boil+water+advisory/1750254/story.html
*growl*
Here is the news report:
http://www.montrealgazette.com/LaSalle+issues+boil+water+advisory/1750254/story.html
